Yarn-reel



(No Model.) 2 Sheetg-Sheet 1. V E..W. HORNE.

YARN REEL.

No. 351,379. X Patented 001;. 2.6, 1886.

(No Model.)

I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. E. W. HORNE.

YARN REEL.

Patented 001;. 26, 1886.

N. FETERs, Phulo-L'rllwgnphur. Washington, D t;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ER ASTUS IV. HORNE, OF NORTH *ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

YARN- REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.35l,3'79, dated Qctober 26,1886.

Application filed March E29, 1886. Serial No.196,91 (No model.)

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERASTUS XV. HORNE, of North Andover, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Yarn-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dresser-reels for reeling cotton or woolen yarns; and it con sists particularly in the construction of the regulating-brakes, and in the means whereby the pins are rendered exactly adjustable, as below described.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is an elevation of a yarn-reel embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of a portion of one of the bars, a

, transverse section of said bar being also shown.

\ positions of the pins on the other bars.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line as m, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail elevation showing the braking device, the casing thereof having been removed. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail showing the position of the eccentrics in the brake mechanism. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the shaft provided with said eccentrics.

A is the frame, provided with the ordinary wheels, 0, so that the reel may be moved as desired upon the track a.

B B are the two large baud-wheels of the reel, fixed upon the shaft 0, which has its bearings in the frame A. The wheels B are pro vided with belts b, which extend therefrom around the pulleys c on the driving-shaft D,

- upon which is fixed the driving-pulley (I, to

which power is applied.

E E are the bars extending horizontally from one to the other of the wheels B. In reels as ordinarily constructed these bars are provided with numerous perforations or holes made directly therein, into which are inserted, as desired, pins for holding the yarn. In practice it has been found difficult to exactly adjust the pins on one bar with relation to the In my invention, as is seen in Fig. 2, the perforations e, forreceiving the pins H, are madein slides F,

whose sides are beveled, as shown, and which slide in the correspondingly-shaped longitudi nal groove I in each bar E. The portion E of each bar is made of a separate piece from the rest of the bar, and is secured thereto by means of bolts 71, inserted as shown. These bolts are provided with thumb-pieces There are in each bar usually about ten slides, and as many bolts and thu nib-pieces. Pins are set 111 the holes 6 in the slides, and their positions are adj ustcd by loosening the thumb-pieces g, thus removing the pressure from that portion of the part E of the bar, so that the slide nearest the thumb-piece may be moved in either direction, and when set in the exact position desired the thumb-piece is tightened and the slide is immovable. Its beveled sides and the correspondingly-beveled sides of the groove I prevent the slides from being liable to drop or be drawn out of said groove.

In opposite sides of the frame A shafts K have their bearings, said shafts being operated by the hand-wheels K. Each shaft passes through the frame into a box, L, supported by said frame, and has rigidly secured to or integral with it the eccentrics Z in n, which play in said box. The eccentric Z plays in the ring Z,

of the shape shown, inside the case L. From this ring extends horizontally abar, N, to whlch is adj ustably secured the wheel N. The eccentric m plays in the ring or, of the shape shown, inside the case L. From this ring extends horizontally a bar, 0, to which is adjust-ably secured the wheel 0. The eccentric it plays in the opening P in the brake I, the shoe of which, P, rests upon the wheel B. It will be seen from the relative positions of the eccentrics upon the shafts K that by turning the wheels K in one direction the eccentrics a push the brakes P down upon the wheels 13 of the reel, and at the same time the cams l and m push the bars N and O outward, so as to take the wheels N and 0 off from the belts b, the result being that the pressure of the belts is taken from the wheels B and the brakes ap- Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to sccu re by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Inayarn-reel, the combination of the bar m, provided with the bars N and 0, having E, consisting of the main portion and the dethe wheels N and O, and brakes P, provided tachable portion E, provided with the longiwith the openings P, the reel having the tudinal beveled groove I, with the bolts h, wheels B, the belts b, pulleys c, and shaft D, 5 thumb-pieces g, beveled perforated slides F, all substantially as and for the purpose set I 5 and pins H, substantially as andfor the p,ur-. forth. pose described. Q ERASTUS W. HORNE.

2. The combination of the frame A, shafts Witnesses:

K, provided with the eccentrics Z, on, and n, HENRY W. WILLIAMs, I0 and wheels K, boxes or casings L, rings Z and .T. M. HARTNETT. 

